Saints
St. Martin of Tours
Born: 316 or 336 Savaria, Diocese of Pannonia (modern-day Hungary) Died: November 8, 397 Candes, Gaul (modern-day France) Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy Anglican Communion Lutheranism Feast: 11 November (Roman Catholic Church, Lutheran Church, and Anglican Communion) 12 November (Eastern Orthodox Church) Attributes: man on horseback sharing his cloak with […]
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St. Andrew Avellino
Born: 1521 Castronuovo, Basilicata Died: 10 November 1608 Beatified: 1624 by Urban VIII Canonized: 1712 by Clement XI Major shrine: Church of St. Paul, Naples Feast: 10 November Patronage: Naples, Sicily; invoked against sudden death Saint Andrew (Andrea) Avellino (1521 – 10 November 1608) was an Italian priest. He is venerated as patron saint of […]
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Pope St. Leo the Great
Birth name: Leo Born: c. 400 AD Tuscany, Western Roman Empire Died: 10 November 461 Rome, Western Roman Empire Sainthood Feast day: 10 November 11 April (pre-1969 calendar) 18 February (Eastern Orthodoxy) Venerated: in Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion Attributes: Papal vestments Papal tiara Staff Papacy began: 29 September 440 Papacy ended: 10 […]
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Bl. Ludovico Morbioli
Born: 1433 Bologna, Papal States Died: 9 November 1485 (aged 52) Bologna, Papal States Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 24 October 1843, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Papal States by Pope Gregory XVI Feast: 9 November Attributes: Crucifix Blessed Ludovico Morbioli (1433 – 9 November 1485) was an Italian Roman Catholic from Bologna who led a […]
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St. Theodore Tyro
Born: unknown Euchaita (?) or Alasium, Turkey Died: 17 February 306 Amasea, Turkey Feast: Roman Catholic Church: 9 November Orthodox Church: 17 February and the first Saturday in Great Lent; Korčula: 27 July Attributes: Dressed as a soldier sometimes in court dress, with emblems such as a spear, temple, torch, dragon, pyre, martyr’s wreath Patronage: […]
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St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Born: 18 July 1880 Avord, Farges-en-Septaine, (Cher), France Died: 9 November 1906 (aged 26) Dijon, France Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 25 November 1984, Paris, France by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 16 October 2016, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis Feast: 8 November Attributes: Religious habit Patronage Sick people Loss of […]
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Bl. John Duns Scotus
Born: c. 1266 Duns, County of Berwick, Kingdom of Scotland Died: 8 November 1308 Cologne, Electorate of Cologne, Holy Roman Empire John Duns, commonly called Duns Scotus (c. 1266 – 8 November 1308), is generally considered to be one of the three most important philosopher-theologians of the High Middle Ages (together with Thomas Aquinas and William […]
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St. Godfrey of Amiens
Born: 1066 Soissons, France Died: 1115 Soissons, France Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Feast: 8 November Godfrey of Amiens (French: Geoffroy d’Amiens) (1066–1115) was a bishop of Amiens. He is a saint in the Catholic Church. Life Godfrey was born in 1066 in Moulincourt, in the diocese of Soissons. When his mother died, his father […]
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St. Engelbert of Cologne
Born: c.1185 at Berg in modern Germany Died: stabbed to death on the evening of 7 November 1225 near Schwelm, Germany, relics translated to the old cathedral of Cologne, Germany on 24 February 1226 Canonized: no formal canonization• proclaimed a venerated martyr by Cardinal Conrad von Urach on 24 February 1226, and by Archbishop Ferdinand […]
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St. Willibrord
Born: c. 658 Northumbria Died: 7 November 739 (aged 81) Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion Major shrine: Echternach Feast 7 November Attributes: Dipping staff into cask Patronage: Convulsions; epilepsy; epileptics; Luxembourg; Netherlands; Archdiocese of Utrecht, Netherlands Saint Willibrord was born in Northumberland (northeastern England) in 657. His father left the […]
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